From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parish \Par"ish\, adjective Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor. --Dryden.
{Parish clerk}. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service of the Church of England.
{Parish court}, in Louisiana, a court in each parish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
parish \par"ish\ (p[a^]r"[i^]sh), noun [OE. parishe, paresche, parosche, OF. paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, Gr. paroiki'a, fr. pa'roikos dwelling beside or near; para' beside + o'i^kos a house, dwelling; akin to L. vicus village. See {Vicinity}, and cf. {Parochial}.]
1. (Eccl. & Eng. Law) (a) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. --Cowell. (b) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.
Note: Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical districts for spiritual purposes. --Mozley & W.
2. An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. [U. S.]
3. In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
2: the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "parish": Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, assembly, bailiwick, bishopric, borough, brethren, canton, churchgoers, city, class, commune, conference, congregation, congressional district, constablewick, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, flock, fold, government, hamlet, hundred, laity, laymen, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area, minyan, nonclerics, nonordained persons, oblast, okrug, parishioners, people, precinct, principality, province, region, riding, seculars, see, sheep, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, society, soke, stake, state, synod, territory, town, township, village, wapentake, ward
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Parish, NY (village, FIPS 56341) Location: 43.40431 N, 76.12894 W Population (1990): 473 (181 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13131
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Parish, NY -- U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 512 Housing Units (2000): 212 Land area (2000): 1.538490 sq. miles (3.984671 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.538490 sq. miles (3.984671 sq. km) FIPS code: 56341 Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36 Location: 43.405580 N, 76.126080 W ZIP Codes (1990): 13131 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Parish, NY Parish
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